Dell Substantially Surpasses Community Service Goal, Volunteers More Than 700,000 Hours in FY13
07 März 2013 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Dell announced today that its global team members volunteered
more than 700,000 hours in their communities during its recently
ended fiscal year 2013 — significantly beating its 500,000 hours
goal.
The total represented an almost 70 percent increase in volunteer
hours from the year prior, when team members volunteered 418,000
hours. More than half of Dell’s global workforce, 56 percent,
participated in community service activities with more than 15,000
charities in 60 countries.
Activities included:
- More than 1,000 Dell team members
serving as mentors and judges in the Dell Social Innovation
Challenge, helping student entrepreneurs turn their ideas for
social good into viable businesses.
- Providing support for children
undergoing treatment for cancer, such as painting a mural to cheer
young patients at a children’s hospital in Malaysia and helping
children in France use laptops to stay connected to their loved
ones.
- Helping set up technology, teach and
mentor students in classrooms and community centers in Brazil,
Morocco, India and 12 other countries.
- Providing training and technology
support to the American Red Cross as it launched a
first-of-its-kind Digital Operations Center devoted to humanitarian
aid.
For its fiscal year 2014, Dell has set a goal of working 750,000
hours or more with charitable causes. The company again seeks to
engage at least half its global team members in volunteer
activities. In particular, Dell will focus on skills-based
volunteering, encouraging its team members to use their particular
talents to have even more impact in the community.
Dell uses an internal, online portal — its Powering the Possible
community — to help team members find charities to support,
organize and track volunteer time and financial giving activities,
connect with one another, post photos and share stories, and more.
The company launched a skills-tracking function this year, which
team members can use to list their expertise and connect with
charities in need of those specific services. Powered by YourCause,
the community currently comprises more than 59,000 Dell team
members around the world.
To promote volunteerism among its team members, Dell rewards
activity with philanthropic dollars. Team members who volunteer 10
or more hours in a quarter receive $150 to donate to the charity of
their choice through the Powering the Possible community. This
year, Dell will pilot an initiative adding $75 for five or more
hours volunteered with nonprofits in its strategic giving program;
by volunteering with charities to which Dell gives corporate
donations, team members significantly amplify the impact of
financial resources.
To learn more about Dell’s giving and volunteer activities,
visit www.dell.com/communities.
Quotes
“Our greatest, fastest-growing giving resource is our worldwide
team member base. When Dell team members volunteer their time,
talents and financial resources to support charitable causes, they
make a huge contribution toward powering new possibilities in our
communities. We are so proud to support their efforts and recognize
their passion for community service.”Trisa Thompson, vice
president of corporate responsibility, Dell
“Dell’s results are truly impressive and far exceed what we
typically see throughout the industry. By no means does this come
as a surprise to our team, as Dell’s programs and ongoing support
of their employees continues to be the industry model for how to
achieve results from employee engagement.“Matthew Combs,
founder, YourCause
About Dell
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innovative technology and services that give them the power to do
more. Powering the Possible is Dell’s commitment to put technology
and expertise to work where it can do the most good for people and
the planet. Dell works with nonprofits to address pressing social
issues by donating a combination of Dell technologies and
solutions, funding, expertise and volunteer support. Learn more at
www.dell.com/communities or follow @dell4good.
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